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Myron Freund hat and insignia

Clothing/Dress/Costume
Collection of military items thought to belong to Myron Edwin Freund of Allegan. 1.Vietnam War Service Cap: 7 1/8 size, 100% Wool, Serial Name: 3R17774213 2. Vietnam War Service Cap Medal Pin 3. U-S-Army-MARKSMAN-Sharpshooter-BADGE-with-Three-Bars-EXPERT-RIFLE-M-14 4. Vietnam War Soldiers Belt 5. Freund’s Soldiers Name Pin 6. Two 50 caliber machine gun casings DM=Des Moines Ordnance Plant-Ankeny, Iowa/4 inches LC= Lowell Ordnance Plant-Milwaukee, Wisconsin/5.2 inches 7. 1936 Apostle of Prayer Sacred Heart of Jesus charm 8. small, circular photograph of woman 9. Soldier’s Meyer Insignia made by New York Meyer Armed Forces Equipment 10. Fourteen Private first class Military rank United States Army patches 11. Three US Army 86th Infantry Division shoulder sleeve patch with a black hawk with spread wings on a red field 12. Two Private first class Military rank United States Army enlisted rank insignia 13. Specialist United States Army Military rank 14. 5 military straps with Freund’s last name on them 15. Soldiers knap sack strap with Freund’s last name 16. Strap with U.S. Army imprinted on it 17. (set) 3 boot decorative cords or blouser bands or blousing straps 18. Three Soldier’s handkerchief with Army Pins: U.S. army Enlisted Infantry, Army US Officer Collar Device, Signal Corps insignia Inventory and labels created by Alec Butler, MLIS, SDHC volunteer archivist, June 14, 2022.
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2022.47.01

2022.47

Terrien, Demetrhea

Donation

A note accompanying the items said "some in our church died and we held a garage sale. People found these items and thought you or someone should take a look." The church was the Douglas United Church of Christ (DUCC). According to note author Demetrhea Terrien, (telephone interview, June 22, 2022) during the covid pandemic, two church members, Dale and Ted, took Mr. Freund into their home in Allegan for hospice care rather than have Mr. Freund be sent to a hospice in Detroit. After Mr. Freund's passing, the church learned that Mr. Freund had bequeathed the contents of his van (he was homeless) and perhaps a shed to the church. During the subsequent estate sale, a local historian Anna Marie Cox noticed the military items and directed Demetrhea Terrien to bring them to the SDHC. Mr. Freund had children but the relationship was estranged.

128 Myron Freund Military Items

Freund, Myron Edwin 1949-2020

Military service records requested on Jun 22 by Sally Winthers Your Service Request Number: 2-26735442355 Be sure to monitor your spam and junk folders for emails from @nara.gov.

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